Japanese car sales in China rocket 72% in November

That is because with J automakers QUALITY is still JOB #1..........................and the discerning consumer knows it.

Ups and downs, normal business, nothing unusual.

When it's down, it will be hard to be up. Quality perception is waning. High value image of J cars is not worth the fear.

High value image of J cars is not worth the fear.

Fear of what flowers? That some communist demonstrator will pull you from your car, destroy it with their placard and then beat you up for having the audacity to drive a Japanese car?

They should not be fooled and still start moving out to other Asian countries.

They should not be fooled and still start moving out to other Asian countries.

Honda have car plant in Thai for a long time. They are going to open new one in Indonesia. However Thai+ Malaysia+ Indonesia car sales will be still smaller than China. No other market like China.

This is because the Japnese government has learned a lesson!

This shows the Chinese consumers are short term natonalists. Which is better than I previously thought.

The island row has achieved Chinese government ships routine patrol in a daily basis and seems is working well, no conflict with Japanese coast guard ships, so the car sales in China is back to normal! This is a 'Win-Win' scenario!

Its not back to normal, still 40 % down compared with last year.

They should not be fooled and still start moving out to other Asian countries.

silly girl...they are there not just for the labor, but so they can sell to the world's #1 car market. if they move manufacturing to other asian countries, that would mean exporting the finished products into china = additional costs.

This shows the Chinese consumers are short term natonalists. Which is better than I previously thought.

same with american consumers during the anti-japan years of the 1980s and 1990s.

silly girl...they are there not just for the labor, but so they can sell to the world's #1 car market. if they move manufacturing to other asian countries, that would mean exporting the finished products into china = additional costs.

@Maglev If you don't build there you don't sell there.